"On the mere proof of the tainted currency notes having changed the hands, it cannot be presumed that the money was accepted pursuant to a demand of
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"The Revisional Authority has no jurisdiction to give any declaration with regard to the Will Deed dated 30.04.1961 about the genuineness or otherwise of the same and
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"There can be no legal bar of summoning the witnesses only because their examination-in-chief has not yet been conducted." Allahabad High Court, in a significant ruling,
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"since the petitioner has suppressed material facts with regard to his involvement in criminal cases, he is not entitled to the discretionary relief of bail." Orissa High Court, in
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"No wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance for the maintenance or the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be
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"If such collection of evidence is a reality, there also has to be some limitation to what these individuals can do in pursuit of their
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"Now, after such a long time, even if there is legal merit in the statement that a claim should have been filed before the competent
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"The owners choosing to make such a decision should be held responsible and ensure safe transfer of such animals to the shelters run by the
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"The leave granted under Clause XII of Letters Patent confers jurisdiction on the High Court, which jurisdiction does not ipso facto get transferred to the City Civil
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"If we were to apply our mind independently and think that there is a case purely of a civil nature involved and proceed to quash
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"On a voyage, the providing of ancillary services does not take away from the meaning of ‘carriage' as per Section 44B of the Act." Supreme
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"By undertaking such a detailed examination, the High Court has in effect conducted a mini-trial, which is fundamentally contrary to the settled principles governing the
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"once the basic care of verifying the driving licence has to be taken by the employer... it cannot be said that thereafter he can wash his hands
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"The conclusion is that in the absence of consequence, the laying procedure given in Section 95(3) is clearly directory. Non-compliance thereof cannot defeat the exercise
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"Once parties consciously invoke the provisions of the Act instead of their personal law, they subject themselves to the mandatory statutory regime enacted by Parliament."
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"If every omission on the part of an advocate were to be accepted as sufficient compliance with the proviso, the legislative restriction enacted by Parliament
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"These procedural irregularities are sufficient indications and inferences which would give raise to a presumption as to the complicity of the first accused." Kerala High Court, in
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"The recovery of the Lathi from an open place after a lapse of nine days from the date of the incident raises a serious doubt."
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"A litigant can take different stands at different times but cannot take contradictory stands in the same case. A party cannot be permitted to approbate
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"Trite to say that this Court, while exercising jurisdiction under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, does not sit as a Court of appeal
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"No wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance for the maintenance or the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be
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"If such collection of evidence is a reality, there also has to be some limitation to what these individuals can do in pursuit of their
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"Now, after such a long time, even if there is legal merit in the statement that a claim should have been filed before the competent
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"The owners choosing to make such a decision should be held responsible and ensure safe transfer of such animals to the shelters run by the
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"On a voyage, the providing of ancillary services does not take away from the meaning of ‘carriage' as per Section 44B of the Act." Supreme
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"By undertaking such a detailed examination, the High Court has in effect conducted a mini-trial, which is fundamentally contrary to the settled principles governing the
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"once the basic care of verifying the driving licence has to be taken by the employer... it cannot be said that thereafter he can wash his hands
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"The conclusion is that in the absence of consequence, the laying procedure given in Section 95(3) is clearly directory. Non-compliance thereof cannot defeat the exercise
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"The concept of an ex post facto or a retrospective clearance is alien to environmental jurisprudence under EIA 1994 and EIA 2006 alike, but that principle
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"By skipping the first requirement of seeking prior permission to apply for a civil post, an Airman cannot present a situation of fait accompli and
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"Since the property is in the name of the 2 wives of MA, it is their property." Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling
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"The said expression cannot be construed to include a Court exercising appellate jurisdiction, notwithstanding that the appeal is a continuation of the original proceedings." Supreme
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"The powers entrusted to NCSC are limited in nature. Clearly NCSC and its other compatriots under Articles 338A and 338B are Constitutional Bodies with a socially beneficent
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"The murder went unavenged, but it is not for the courts to convict the accused on mere assumptions when the evidence led by the prosecution
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"Non-performance of MGQ at the time of completion of the licence period is not a ground for levying and demanding a penalty, both under the
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"The opponent cannot be made to bear the adverse consequences of the wrongful discharge, by being denied consideration for the grant of the Selection Scale
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"The second part provides for the exclusion of certain vehicles from the definition of the motor vehicle... though the term motor vehicle is wide enough
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"It is not merely reasonable, but a legal necessity to impose a heightened duty to care, akin to that of common carriers in view of the
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"To treat the total absence of consultation of the Commission in the present case, as fatal to the promotees’ appointment would cause, exactly the kind of
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"The life of a human being is till he is alive that is to say till his last breath, which by very nature is one
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"On the mere proof of the tainted currency notes having changed the hands, it cannot be presumed that the money was accepted pursuant to a demand of
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"The Revisional Authority has no jurisdiction to give any declaration with regard to the Will Deed dated 30.04.1961 about the genuineness or otherwise of the same and
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"There can be no legal bar of summoning the witnesses only because their examination-in-chief has not yet been conducted." Allahabad High Court, in a significant ruling,
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"since the petitioner has suppressed material facts with regard to his involvement in criminal cases, he is not entitled to the discretionary relief of bail." Orissa High Court, in
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"The leave granted under Clause XII of Letters Patent confers jurisdiction on the High Court, which jurisdiction does not ipso facto get transferred to the City Civil
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"If we were to apply our mind independently and think that there is a case purely of a civil nature involved and proceed to quash
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"Once parties consciously invoke the provisions of the Act instead of their personal law, they subject themselves to the mandatory statutory regime enacted by Parliament."
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"If every omission on the part of an advocate were to be accepted as sufficient compliance with the proviso, the legislative restriction enacted by Parliament
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"These procedural irregularities are sufficient indications and inferences which would give raise to a presumption as to the complicity of the first accused." Kerala High Court, in
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"The recovery of the Lathi from an open place after a lapse of nine days from the date of the incident raises a serious doubt."
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"A litigant can take different stands at different times but cannot take contradictory stands in the same case. A party cannot be permitted to approbate
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"Trite to say that this Court, while exercising jurisdiction under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, does not sit as a Court of appeal
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"It was well within the jurisdiction of the police officer to issue a direction for freezing of account of the petitioner as there was a
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"It is a settled principle that where a remand is made to ensure a complete and fair adjudication, such order should not be interfered with unless
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"In reference to offence under section 138 of N.I. Act read with section 147 of the said Act, the parties are at liberty to compound
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"The second limb of the provision acts as a fall-back safety-net to arrest the mischief that it seeks to do... the second limb of Section 34 prohibits
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"In view of her transfer to Pune, her contention that overnight custody cannot be granted is not acceptable." High Court of Karnataka, in a recent
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"Defence disclosed in the Leave to Defend Application by the Defendant/Appellant was illusory and did not disclose any substantial defence; it is indeed was sham
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"The plaintiff, thus, cannot be held to be entitled to refund of the earnest money paid in terms of the agreement, in view of a
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"Purchase created under Section 32 was never intended by the Legislature to operate independent from the remaining provisions of the Act. Rather, the Legislature made
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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